Published by Grosset & Dunlap, NY #1751 AT BASE DJ SPINE, 1968
First Edition
Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Good. 1st Edition. DJ FOTO By LeRoy Grannis, Foreword Red McQueen, Sports Editor, Index, B/W illlustrated with fotos & Drawings, Blank Endpapers Fox stain,HBDJ, 1968, first edition, 1st Printing, VG/VG-, DJ HAS SOME STAINING ON BACK & WEAR RUB & TINY Extremities Chips, This rare Grosset & Dunlap (1968), hardcover edition. Some Interior pg Foxing, The pages are clean, tight, unmarked & not folded but some foxing. The Original cover is yellow cloth, blue paper over boards, spine stamped in black shows very light wear, The dust jacket has someedge wear & light staining & tiny chips at the FLAP FOLD. External page edges have light age toning & some staining. Not an x-library copy 188 PGS, INDEX , Duke was Olympic swimming medalist (1912) and father of modern surfing & Hollywood Actor , surfing guide and memoir of Duke Kahanamoku, published the year of the Duke's death. Written with the help of Joe Brennan, with whom he would swim and reminiscence every morning on Kaimana Beach. Kahanamoku was the hero of modern surfing, performing incredible feats in the water and encouraging a culture of humor and joy within the sport Duke Kahanamoku Died in January of 1968.